US7144067B2 - Arm rest for a door paneling of an automobile - Google Patents

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US7144067B2
US7144067B2 US11/011,374 US1137404A US7144067B2 US 7144067 B2 US7144067 B2 US 7144067B2 US 1137404 A US1137404 A US 1137404A US 7144067 B2 US7144067 B2 US 7144067B2
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B60—VEHICLES IN GENERAL
    • B60N—SEATS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR VEHICLES; VEHICLE PASSENGER ACCOMMODATION NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • B60N2/00—Seats specially adapted for vehicles; Arrangement or mounting of seats in vehicles
    • B60N2/75—Arm-rests
    • B60N2/78—Arm-rests post or panel mounted
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B60—VEHICLES IN GENERAL
    • B60N—SEATS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR VEHICLES; VEHICLE PASSENGER ACCOMMODATION NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • B60N2/00—Seats specially adapted for vehicles; Arrangement or mounting of seats in vehicles
    • B60N2/75—Arm-rests
    • B60N2/763—Arm-rests adjustable
    • B60N2/77—Height adjustment

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  • the invention relates to an arm rest for a door paneling of an automobile according to claim 1 .
  • the inside of the doors of an automobile or the inside paneling laterally next to a seat usually has mounted therein an arm rest.
  • the arm rest mostly includes control elements such as window lifts, external mirrors or the like for individual functions.
  • the control elements are designed as keys in most cases.
  • the arm rests are fixedly mounted and mostly are integrated in the door paneling. However, persons sitting in the vehicle are of heights which differ widely from each other in some cases. It is further known to make adjustable the height of a seat in an automobile. Therefore, in either case, it might happen that the arm rest cannot be used at all or cannot to an optimum.
  • a support member for an arm rest padding is configured to be adjustable in height. It has an elongated guide member which is guided to be adjustable in height in a guide means in the door paneling. Further, locking means are provided for the guide member and the guide means that allow to lock the support member and, hence, the arm rest padding in place at certain height positions.
  • the locking means are operated by an actuation element. Therefore, it is possible for the operator by simply operating the actuation element, e.g. by pressing a button, to release the locking means and to set the arm rest padding to a desired position which matches the height of the body or height of the seat.
  • biasing means are provided to bias the support member towards an elevated position.
  • the biasing means make it unnecessary to manually extract the support member from the guide means if the arm rest padding is to be adjusted upwards.
  • the arm rest padding is in its lowermost position and finishes flush with the adjoining portions of the door paneling it would be somewhat troublesome to adjust the arm rest padding upwards with no physical effort.
  • the guide member the guide means are designed such that the arm rest padding is gradually moved towards the interior of the automobile with the increasing elevation of the arm rest padding.
  • the guide means can be formed obliquely or the guide member is suitably bent to obtain the described movement path for the arm rest padding.
  • an aspect of the invention provides for the guide member to have two approximately parallel guide rods which are guided in guiding channels of the guide means.
  • the guide rods and guiding channels can be rectangular in cross-section. However, it is also imaginable to form the guide rods and guiding channels to be circular in cross-section.
  • the locking means include latching means by which the guide rods can be locked in discrete elevated positions in the guiding channels. For an adjustment of the arm rest for drivers or front-seat passengers of differing heights and to allow a convenient seat position, it is sufficient for the arm rest padding to be adjusted in height by steps.
  • the latching means include latch levers which are pivotally supported in the hollow guide rods and include a latch projection which cooperates with latch recesses in the guiding channels via an opening in the guide rod.
  • the latch levers are biased towards the latching position by a spring.
  • latch levers to be interconnected at the upper end by means of a transverse member to which the actuation element is connected.
  • the guiding channels can be formed in a housing which is integrated in the door paneling.
  • FIG. 1 shows some part of the door paneling of an automobile with an arm rest of the invention in a perspective view.
  • FIG. 2 shows a representation similar to that of FIG. 1 , but with the arm rest elevated.
  • FIG. 3 shows the arm rest according to the invention in a perspective view, with a guide means with no door paneling.
  • FIG. 4 shows a representation similar to FIG. 3 , but with no arm rest padding and in a position turned through 180° with respect to FIG. 3 .
  • FIG. 5 shows a section through the representation of FIG. 3 in a perspective view.
  • FIG. 6 shows a plan view of the representation of FIG. 4 in a perspective view.
  • FIG. 7 shows a representation similar to FIG. 5 with an outlined interconnecting transverse member for the latch levers.
  • FIG. 8 shows a representation similar to FIG. 7 , but as turned through an angle.
  • FIG. 9 shows a representation similar to FIG. 7 , but with a biasing spring.
  • FIG. 10 shows the same representation as FIG. 9 , but with the support member in an extracted position.
  • FIG. 11 shows the front side of the support member, guide means, and biasing springs of FIGS. 9 and 10 in a perspective view.
  • FIGS. 1 and 2 some part of a paneling is outlined at 10 at the inside of a vehicle door, i.e. specifically the left-hand front door of an automobile.
  • the door paneling portion 10 which is shown has a trough-like indentation.
  • the bottom of the indentation which extends approximately horizontally allows to recognize an opening 12 in which actuation elements (not shown) can be received for certain operational functions such as window lifts, external mirrors, etc.
  • the control elements are omitted here.
  • an opening 14 which is formed below the bottom of the indentation in a vertical portion of the paneling portion 10 .
  • the bottom of the indentation is defined by the upper side of an arm rest padding 16 on which the driver can support his left-hand forearm, specifically his elbow.
  • the arm rest padding 16 is elevated in FIG. 2 .
  • the arm rest padding 16 can be set to different heights to allow for an accommodation to the height of the driver and/or the height of the seat.
  • the arm rest padding 16 is illustrated in detail. It has a substantially horizontal upper side which is shown at 18 as being slightly oblique towards the inside of the automobile which is not shown, for the rest.
  • the arm rest padding 16 is located on a support member 20 which can be seen more accurately in FIGS. 4 to 8 .
  • the support member 20 is plate-shaped with the substantially flat upper side extending approximately horizontally. As can be seen from FIG. 4 the edges of the plate-shaped support member 20 are bent upwardly at three sides as is illustrated at 22 . No bent-up edge is provided merely towards the interior.
  • the lower side of the plate-shaped support member 20 has mounted therewith two parallel guide rods 24 , 26 arranged at a spacing which are rectangular in cross-section.
  • the guide rods 24 , 26 are guided in guiding channels of a housing 32 .
  • the guiding channels are outlined at 34 and 36 , respectively.
  • the guiding channels 34 , 36 are also rectangular in cross-section and house the guide rods 24 , 26 approximately fittingly.
  • the guiding channels 34 , 36 are slightly inclined relative to the vertical line. As a result, the padding 16 moves the more to the interior of the vehicle the more it is elevated.
  • the hollow guide rods have disposed therein a latch lever 38 each which is pivotally supported between its ends.
  • a pillow block is outlined at 40 .
  • the latch lever 38 has a latch projection 42 which extends to the outside through an opening 44 in the guide rod 24 .
  • the housing 32 has latch apertures 46 spaced in height which are designed to be engaged by the latch projection 42 .
  • the latch lever 38 is biased in the latching direction by means of a spring 48 which is connected to the latch lever 48 at one end and is supported on the opposite wall of the guide rod 24 at the other end.
  • the upper end 50 of the latch lever 38 extends through an opening 28 and 30 ( FIG. 6 ) of the support member 20 .
  • the openings 28 and 30 are larger than is the extent of the end 50 in a horizontal direction.
  • the upper ends 50 of the latch levers 38 are interconnected at the upper side of the support member 20 via a flat transverse member 52 .
  • the transverse member substantially rests on the flat upper side of the support member 20 .
  • a lateral extension 54 is formed which is connected to a key-like actuation element 56 .
  • the actuation element 56 protrudes somewhat in the area 18 of the arm rest padding 16 .
  • the guide rods 24 , 26 can be of a U shape in cross-section.
  • the locking levers 28 can also be of a U shape in cross-section ( FIG. 8 ) where the spring 48 can be fixed within the channel of the latch lever 28 .
  • Elevations 58 which are circular in cross-section can be seen at the upper side of the support member 20 . They serve for mounting the padding 16 , e.g. by means of screws or the like.
  • the housing 32 is integrated in the door paneling.
  • FIGS. 9 to 11 the reference numbers used are the same as those of the other Figures as far as identical parts are illustrated. No further reference will be made to such parts below.
  • the housing 32 below the support member 20 , has provided therein a cross-web 60 the ends of which mount a tension spring 62 and 64 , respectively.
  • the other end of the tension springs 62 , 64 is connected to a crossbar 66 which is connected to the ends of a guide rod 24 and 26 , respectively.
  • the guiding channels present a longitudinal slot each one of which is shown at 68 in FIG. 10 .
  • the guide rods 24 , 26 and the support member 20 are biased upwards by means of the springs 62 , 64 .
  • the springs 62 , 64 are biased to a maximum in the lowermost position of the support member 20 ( FIG. 9 ).
  • FIGS. 3 and 4 there is a vacant space in the housing 32 between the guiding channels 34 , 36 as can be seen at 70 .
  • it can be utilized to keep minor-sized objects.
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